curcumin and pyrazole

The loss of neurons is strongly correlated with aging and aging-associated disorders. In this study, cell viability assays and mitochondrial function were performed to evaluate the effect of new spiro-pyrazole derivatives, prepared from aldehydes and 3-amino-1-phenyl-2-pyrazolin-5-one, on neuroprotection in an in vitro model of dopaminergic cell death induced by 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium (MPP

Topics: Cell Death; Cell Survival; Cytoprotection; Dopaminergic Neurons; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Humans; Molecular Structure; Neuroprotective Agents; Pyrazoles; Spiro Compounds; Structure-Activity Relationship; Tumor Cells, Cultured

Curcumin is a popular, plant-derived compound that has been extensively investigated for diverse range of biological activities. Anticancer activity against various types of cancers and high-safety profile associated with curcumin makes it very attractive. In this study, we report the synthesis and evaluation of pyrazole and click chemistry curcumin analogues for Head and Neck cancer. MTT assay against head and neck cancer cell lines CAL27 and UM-SCC-74A revealed the micromolar potency of the synthesized compounds. To determine the possible molecular mechanisms, effect of these analogues in the expression of pSTAT3, pFAK, pERK1/2 and pAKT was studied. Interestingly, compounds 2 and 5 significantly inhibited the pSTAT3 (Tyr 705) phosphorylation. As far as other compounds, they showed potent cytotoxicity against CAL27; however, these compounds did not show any activity on pSTAT3 phosphorylation at IC

Topics: Antineoplastic Agents; Binding Sites; Catalytic Domain; Cell Line, Tumor; Click Chemistry; Curcumin; Focal Adhesion Kinase 1; Humans; Molecular Docking Simulation; Phosphorylation; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt; Pyrazoles; Signal Transduction; STAT3 Transcription Factor

In this study, in order to find novel biologically active penta-1,4-dien-3-one derivatives, a series of penta-1,4-dien-3-one compounds containing a substituted pyrazole subunit were designed and synthesized. Their structures were characterized by ¹H-NMR,

Topics: Alkadienes; Cell Line, Tumor; Cell Proliferation; Curcumin; Drug Design; Humans; Nitriles; Pyrazoles; Pyrimidines

The new series of asymmetrical pyrazole curcumin analogues 4a-g were synthesized by using polyethylene glycol (PEG-400) as a green reaction medium and evaluated for their in vivo analgesic and in vitro antioxidant (H2 O2 , DPPH, Ferrous reducing power and Nitric oxide scavenging activity) and anti-inflammatory activities. All the compounds synthesized 4a-g showed the potential to demonstrate analgesic activity as compared to the standard ibuprofen. Among the tested series, compounds 4e and 4b exhibited good hydrogen peroxide scavenging activity as compared to the standard butylated hydroxy toluene (BHT). Compounds 4b, 4d, 4f, and 4g showed good DPPH free radical scavenging activity. Compounds 4b, 4c, 4d, 4e and 4g showed excellent ferrous-reducing power activity, whereas all the compounds showed better nitric oxide scavenging activity than standard ascorbic acid. Additionally, all the synthesized compounds were also screened for their in vitro anti-inflammatory activity. Compounds 4b, 4d, 4f and 4g showed good anti-inflammatory activity as compared to standard diclofenac sodium.

Topics: Administration, Oral; Analgesics; Animals; Anti-Inflammatory Agents; Antioxidants; Behavior, Animal; Curcumin; Drug Evaluation, Preclinical; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; Mice; Nitric Oxide; Polyethylene Glycols; Protein Denaturation; Pyrazoles; Spectrophotometry, Infrared

A click-type entry into shortened curcuminoids of the diarylpentanoid type has been developed. The reaction is ideally suited to generate non-symmetrical analogues of curcumin, a class of natural products difficult to access but of growing biomedical relevance and special mechanistic interest to investigate the unique binding mode of curcumin to tubulin. Investigation of a series of click diarylpentane curcuminoids and their pyrazole adducts in various cellular tubulin functional assays validated this class of compounds as a novel type of anti-mitotic agents, evidencing structure-activity relationships, and identifying the pyrazole adduct 4k as a promising lead.

Topics: Cell Cycle Checkpoints; Cell Line, Tumor; Cell Survival; Curcumin; Humans; Pyrazoles; Structure-Activity Relationship; Tubulin; Tubulin Modulators

Curcumin has shown promising therapeutic utilities for many diseases, including cancer; however, its clinical application is severely limited because of its poor stability under physiological conditions. Here we find that curcumin also loses its activity instantaneously in a reducing environment. Curcumin can exist in solution as a tautomeric mixture of keto and enol forms, and the enol form was found to be responsible for the rapid degradation of the compound. To increase the stability of curcumin, several analogues were synthesized in which the diketone moiety of curcumin was replaced by isoxazole (compound 2) and pyrazole (compound 3) groups. Isoxazole and pyrazole curcumins were found to be extremely stable at physiological pH, in addition to reducing atmosphere, and they can kill cancer cells under serum-depleted condition. Using molecular modeling, we found that both compounds 2 and 3 could dock to the same site of tubulin as the parent molecule, curcumin. Interestingly, compounds 2 and 3 also show better free radical scavenging activity than curcumin. Altogether, these results strongly suggest that compounds 2 and 3 could be good replacements for curcumin in future drug development.

Topics: Adenocarcinoma; Antineoplastic Agents; Apoptosis; Cell Proliferation; Curcumin; Flow Cytometry; Free Radical Scavengers; Humans; Isoxazoles; Ketones; Lung Neoplasms; Models, Chemical; Molecular Conformation; Molecular Structure; Pyrazoles; Structure-Activity Relationship; Tubulin; Tumor Cells, Cultured

In search of potential therapeutics for cancer, we described herein the synthesis, characterization, and in vitro anticancer activity of a novel series of curcumin analogues. The anticancer effects were evaluated on a panel of 60 cell lines, according to the National Cancer Institute (NCI) screening protocol. There were 10 tested compounds among 14 synthesized compounds, which showed potent anticancer activity in both one-dose and 5-dose assays. The most active compound of the series was 3,5-bis(4-hydroxy-3-methylstyryl)-1H-pyrazole-1-yl(phenyl)methanone which showed mean growth percent of -28.71 in one-dose assay and GI₅₀ values between 0.0079 and 1.86 µM in 5-dose assay.

Topics: Binding Sites; Cell Line, Tumor; Crystallography, X-Ray; Curcumin; ErbB Receptors; Humans; Molecular Docking Simulation; Protein Kinase Inhibitors; Pyrazoles; Pyrimidines

A novel, one-pot, simple, efficient procedure for 4H-pyrimido[2,1-b]benzothiazole (4a-h), pyrazole (6a-d) and benzylidene (7a-d) derivatives of curcumin under solvent and solvent free conditions in microwave with good yield is have been synthesized. The synthesized compounds were evaluated for their antibacterial activity against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria viz. Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella typhi, Escherichia coli, Bacillus cereus and Providencia rettgeri and antifungal activity against fungi viz Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus fumigates, Aspergillus flavus. Detailed mechanistic study shows reaction proceeds through Knoevenagel type intermediate 3a which has been suggested as key intermediate for reaction (Fig. 3).

Topics: Anti-Infective Agents; Bacteria; Benzothiazoles; Benzylidene Compounds; Cell Line, Tumor; Chemistry Techniques, Synthetic; Curcumin; Fungi; Humans; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Pyrazoles; Structure-Activity Relationship

Calcium/calmodulin dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) is involved in the mechanisms underlying higher order brain functions such as learning and memory. CaMKII participates in pathological glutamate signaling also, since it is activated by calcium influx through the N-methyl-d-aspartate type glutamate receptor (NMDAR). In our attempt to identify phytomodulators of CaMKII, we observed that curcumin, a constituent of turmeric and its analogs inhibit the Ca(2+)-dependent and independent kinase activities of CaMKII. We further report that a heterocyclic analog of curcumin I, (3,5-bis[β-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)ethenyl]pyrazole), named as pyrazole-curcumin, is a more potent inhibitor of CaMKII than curcumin. Microwave assisted, rapid synthesis of curcumin I and its heterocyclic analogues is also reported.

Topics: Animals; Brain; Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2; Curcumin; Isoxazoles; Microwaves; Phosphorylation; Protein Binding; Protein Kinase Inhibitors; Pyrazoles; Rats; Recombinant Proteins

Fifty-eight semicarbazone and pyrazole derivatives of curcumin have been developed as potential mitigation agents to treat acute radiation syndrome (ARS). Pyridyl (D12, D13), furyl (D56), and phenyl (D68) derivatives of curcumin semi-carbazones were found to provide the highest dose modifying factors (DMF) with respect to survival in sub-TBI (bone marrow sparing) exposures in mouse models. To investigate the basis for the mitigating effects of these agents on ARS, we examined their oxidation potentials and radical scavenging properties in comparison to other semicarbazone and pyrazole curcumin derivatives with less effective DMFs. Comparisons between D12, D13, D56, and D68 and other semicarbazone and pyrazole derivatives of curcumin did not show a sufficient difference in reducing properties and hydrogen atom donating properties for these properties to be the basis of the dose modifying activities of these compounds. Therefore, their DMFs likely reflect structure-activity relationship(s),wherein interaction with key receptors or alteration of enzyme expression result in modifications of cellular or tissue responses to radiation, rather than on the derivatives' ability to modify radiation-induced flux of free radicals through direct interaction with these radicals.

Topics: Animals; Antioxidants; Curcumin; Free Radical Scavengers; Free Radicals; Mice; Mice, Inbred BALB C; Molybdenum; Oxidation-Reduction; Phosphoric Acids; Pyrazoles; Radiation-Protective Agents; Semicarbazones; Structure-Activity Relationship; Whole-Body Irradiation